COD 2016 - G831

The Challenge of Teaching 21st Century Students in South America

Teachers of any subject at any level who want to explore the characteristics of a new educational paradigm for 21st Century Learners in South America

1 sessions, start: 17-Feb

Course detail

Year: 2016
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Susan Hillyard MA
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 17 February 2016 09:30 am 04:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Susan Hillyard

Susan has a B.Ed. degree from Warwick Uni versity in UK. She has played many roles in her long career: Teacher, Head of Dept, Teacher Trainer, Trainer of Trainers, Conference Speaker, Workshop Facilitator, Materials Writer, Researcher, On-line tutor and Webinar presenter. She is former Coordinator of English in Action, training twenty teachers to teach English through Drama in Special Education, through blended learning on a PLC. Her interests lie in Inclusion, Drama for ELT, Global Issues, World Englishes, Teacher Development and both Teacher and Trainer Training.
Teachers of any subject at any level who want to explore the characteristics of a new educational paradigm for 21st Century Learners in South America
The global challenge of teaching 21st century students has created a worldwide crisis in terms of rethinking education paradigms. As "The World English Project" (Graddol) takes hold, so a new orthodoxy will emerge. In this presentation we will seek some answers to a number of questions such as: Is the "21st Century Student" really a different breed of student? Is the challenge only to do with the exponential rate of development in new technologies or does it run much deeper? What new language and personal skills will students need? How does the whole approach to the education paradigm need to change? How can Heads and Teachers transform classrooms to meet these needs? Trends in global education will be considered so that the local context can be understood more fully. Schools can begin to open up their think tanks to Think Global, Act Local and seek changes in practices in classrooms to achieve success for all students.
Exploring the nature of change today, through reflection on today's classrooms.
• Discussing perceptions of teachers' competencies and students' competencies.
• Defining what students expect of their teachers today compared with yesteryear.
• Reflecting on summarised readings from recent docs on 21st century skills e.g. NCTE framework, Policy Dialogues, David Graddol's research, The Common European Framework, Global Education and Diversity, The Global Partnership, Siemens' Connectivism.

A practical, experiential workshop, based on loop input theory (Woodward) in two parts with handouts and a powerpoint presentation. There will be some reading, lots of reflection and plenty of discussion with practical exercises. By the end of the sessions the teachers should have some clear goals to aim for and a renewed idea of what we mean by the 21st Century skills required by our learners in our schools.
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